Switzerland, 2002

 

Dr. Esther van Praag

 

Born one day of July 1965

The Netherlands - Switzerland

 

 

EDUCATION

2003-2007

www.MediRabbit.com, development and expansion of the site with the latest rabbit veterinary medicine knowledge, redaction of various articles, demand for collaborations, translations, preparation of slide presentations for veterinary professionals, etc.

2002-2003

Head of the department of Biochemistry, in a medical start-up company, Zurich, Switzerland.

2000 -2002

Post-doc at the University Hospital of Zurich, Institute of Pathology, Dept. of Child Pathology, Zurich, Switzerland.

1997-1999       

Post-doc at the University of Zurich, Institute for Plant Biology, Dept. of Microbiology, Zurich, Switzerland.

1992-1996       

Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot, Israel.

thesis :      Fructose-2,6-Bisphosphate: Its Role in the Regulation of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Citrus Fruits.

1991

M.S. from the RijksUniversity of Leiden, Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuur Wetenschappen, the Netherlands.

part 1:   Etude Des Inhibiteurs de la Phosphofructokinase Pyrophosphate Dépendente et Dosage du Fructose2,6 bisphosphate chez les Végétaux Supérieurs.

part 2:       Development of a Specific Enzymatic Assay for Lipase that can be used for the Study of Lipid Bodies from Barley.

1984 

Baccalaureate at the International School of Geneva, Switzerland.

 

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH GRANTS

 

 

1993-96

BARD: USA - Israel Binational Research and Development Fund.

subject:    Fructose-2,6-bisphosphate and citrate: their roles in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism in citrus fruits and leaves.

 

1997-99

COST - 818: Hydrogenases and their biotechnological applications.

subject:     Hydrogen as electron donor of microorganism with alternative electron acceptors

http://www.aramis-research.ch/d/7285.html

 

2000-2002      

FNSR :  Fonds National Suisse de Recherche

subject:      Pre-eclampsia – Search for the bullet

 

 

 

 

 

VARIOUS

 

 

2000-...             

Beginning of veterinary self-studies, with focus on rabbit medicine.

1997-1999       

Dept of Microbiology, University of Zurich: practical course

1992-1996       

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture:

Teaching assistant in:

· Biochemistry of the plant's secondary metabolism

· Physiology and pathology of fruit conservation        

· Botanics of garden plants                        

· Garden architecture

1991-1992       

Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Geneva, research and teaching assistant.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNAL

From the M.S. research:

Degli Agosti R, Van Praag E, Greppin H. Effect of chloride ions on the kinetic parameters of the potato tuber and mung-bean pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase. Biochem Int. 1992 Mar;26(4):707-13.

Van Praag E, Monod E, Greppin H, Degli Agosti R. Response of the carbohydrate metabolism and fructose-2,6-bisphosphate to environmental changes. Effect of different light treatments. Botanica Helvetica 1997, 106:103-112.

Van Praag E, Degli Agosti R. Response of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate to environmental changes. Effect of low temperature in winter and summer wheat. Archives des Sciences 1997, 50:207-215.

From the Ph.D. research:

Van Praag E, Zehavi U, Goren R. Control of PPi and ATP-phosphofructokinase in sucrose metabolism in mature grapefruit. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (1995) vol. 210: 7-carb (1)

Van Praag E. Use of 3-D computer modelling and kinetic studies to analyze grapefruit pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase. Int J Biol Macromol. 1997 Dec;21(4):307-17.

Van Praag E, Gonzalez P, Brune A, Goren R, Zehavi U, Echeverria E. Fru 2,6-P2 and citrate: intracellular distribution in citrus tissues and effect on grapefruit leaf PFP. Biochem Mol Biol Int. 1998 Jan;44(1):117-25.

Van Praag E. Kinetic properties of cytosolic fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase from grapefruit. Effect of citrate. Biochem Mol Biol Int. 1997 Oct;43(3):625-31.

Van Praag E, Zehavi U, Goren R. Kinetic properties of ATP-dependent phosphofructokinase from grapefruit juice sacs: effect of TCA cycle intermediates. Biochem Mol Biol Int. 1999 May;47(5):749-56.

Van Praag E, Tzur A, Zehavi U, Goren R. Effect of buffer solutions on activation of Shamouti orange pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. IUBMB Life. 2000 Feb;49(2):149-52.

From the Post-Doc 1 research:

Van Praag E, Degli Agosti R, Bachofen R. Rhythmic activity of uptake hydrogenase in the prokaryote Rhodospirillum rubrum. J Biol Rhythms. 2000 Jun;15(3):218-24.

Van Praag E, Degli Agosti R, Bachofen R. Uptake hydrogenase activity during selenite reduction in Rhodospirillum rubrum. Archives des Sciences. 2002 Nov, 55:69-80.

Van Praag, Bachofen R. Activity of hydrogenase in Rhodospirillum rubrum exposed to different (monochromatous) light conditions. 2002, in preparation

From the Post-Doc 2 research:

Stallmach T, Duc C, van Praag E, Mumenthaler C, Ott C, Kolb SA, Hebisch G, Steiner R. Feto-maternal interface of human placenta inhibits angiogenesis in the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay. Angiogenesis. 2001;4(1):79-84.

Van Praag E, Stallmach T. Kinetic properties of ATP-dependent phosphofructokinase from a human healthy placenta. 2002, ready to be sent

Van Praag E, Verbeek M, Stallmach T. Ulcerative dermatitis due to food allergy in a Flemish Giant rabbit: a case report. 2002, in preparation

Chapter in books:

Esther van Praag, Walter Krebs, Bernadette Nepple and Reinhard Bachofen, Electron production by hydrogenase for bio-remediation of Se-oxoanions. in: Hydrogenase as a Fuel - COST 818 (eds. R. Cammack, M. Frey, R. Robson) 1998, Taylor and Francis, 2001
ISBN: 0-415-24242-8.

 

 

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